Kazue Shoda

Kazue Shoda (19 October 1869-10 October 1948) was Minister of Finance of Japan from 1916 to 1918, succeeding Masatake Terauchi and preceding Korekiyo Takahashi.

Biography
Kazue Shoda was born on 19 October 1869 in the Matsuyama Domain of Iyo Province (present-day Ehime Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan), the fifth son of a poor samurai. He graduated from Tokyo Imperial University in 1895 and entered the Ministry of Finance, becoming the bank director of the Bank of Joseon in 1915. From 1916 to 1918, Shoda served as Minister of Finance, and he served as Finance Minister (again) and Education Minister for one year, both in 1924. In 1936, he was considered to succeed the Minsei Party minister Chuji Machida as Armament Minister due to his affiliation with the fascist Kokumin Domei faction, but he was already 67 years old; in 1938, Fumimaro Konoe considered appointing him Home Minister, but Emperor Hirohito rejected the nomination. Shoda died in 1948 at the age of 78.